Rosie O’Donnell Has Given up Some Old Stories about Herself: What Stories are You Holding on to? What Stories are you Willing to Change? And What Old Stories are You Holding on to about Your Pets?

What Rosie Shared With Oprah

 

I recently watched Oprah’s interview with Rosie O’Donnell, who has a new documentary about families on HBO that she was promoting. What struck me most about the interview was Rosie’s realization that she had been carrying around some old stories about her life for a very long time. Most people know that Rosie lost her mother at an early age, 10 or so I think, and that she had to become a kind of caregiver and provide support, emotional and otherwise, for her family. She had a lot of understandable anger and hurt around the issue of her mother’s death and about being left so young by someone so beloved who is supposed to offer a lifetime of unconditional love.

 

I’ve often wondered what makes so many motherless daughters so successful, like Rosie and Madonna. Do their mothers become angelic lights from beyond, helping to ensure the success of those much beloved daughters they left behind? Or are young women who lose their mothers early on in their lives motivated and almost driven to make their mothers proud of them and leave their mothers a rich legacy of all their achievements?

 

I’m not sure, but Rosie did go on to some fabulous successes and gave her mother and her whole family much to be proud of with her fame, fortune, family life and big and giving heart to charities and causes. The shadow side, however, was also present, and probably caused a number of Rosie’s well known brouhahas and relationship issues.

 

Carrying Around Some Old Stories

 

When Rosie met her new girlfriend Tracy, she was still sharing some old stories about her life. Tracy noticed that Rosie often spoke of her difficult childhood and the early loss of her mother. It was Tracy who enabled her to take a step back and realize that Rosie had some new stories to tell – that she was a devoted and loving mother with a wonderful family and a lot of fabulous fame, fortune and abundance in her life. And Rosie agreed and was able to drop some of the heavy baggage she had been carrying around. She told Oprah that she now sees her glass as half-full instead of half-empty.

 

I wonder though how often those old stories come back into Rosie’s thoughts. I know that the subconscious has some powerful tapes that keep running the show until either some new tapes replace those thoughts through hypnosis and other therapeutic means or until the cellular memory of unpleasant remembrances is released from the body energetically.

 

There are many different ways of doing this and I am hoping that Rosie knows about some of them to help her on her journey so she does not return to that subconscious -- or even conscious -- realm of lack and loss. If she does, at least she now understands about a completely different way of looking at her life and can choose to return to her new and much more positive perspective.

 

A Program to Help Release Old Stories and Create New Ones: “Aligning with Destiny”

 

My friend and spiritual teacher, Anita Pathik Law, a minister, shamanic and Theta healer, and author and radio show host, will begin a new class on February 25, 2010 called “Aligning with Destiny” with her best friend, Lorraine Cohen, who is also a minister, therapist and Theta healer. In the “Aligning with Destiny” teleseminar program, which lasts for a few months, Anita and Lorraine, teach an array of material in their weekly teleclasses that are recorded for those who can’t attend the live calls.

 

The material includes wisdom and life lessons that the two of them offer, along with meditations and many techniques for helping students shift from fear to faith and from lack and scarcity to abundance and prosperity. From shifting the language that you use and the stories that you tell yourself and others about your life, Anita and Lorraine help pave a new path for you to travel on. That new path can help you align with your destiny and blossom in some extraordinary ways, helping you tap into your unlimited potential. Together they show students ways to become the heroes rather than the victims of their life stories.

 

In between classes and sometimes during classes, they offer powerful guided meditations that help to rewrite negative subconscious tapes to positive ones filled with hope, moving students forward on a new trajectory to help them meet their personal goals and pursue new dreams. When old stories and thoughts begin to shift, when you feel better about yourself and your life, and when you have more trust and faith in a divine plan for your life, then your life and the outward manifestations of it also begin to shift -- sometimes in miraculous ways.

 

I have taken that class and use the insights that I’ve learned in it every day. I’ve since gone on to take some other wonderful spiritual classes with Anita, and all of them have enriched my life in immeasurable ways.

 

For more information on Anita and Lorraine’s “Aligning with Destiny” program, go to http://www.aligningwithdestiny.com. For information about Anita’s other classes, you can go to http://www.powerofmyway.com. And for information about Lorraine’s other classes, go to http://www.powerfullliving.com.

 

Are You Living in a Home that Feels Like a “Real Home”?

We are all carrying around stories about ourselves, where we have been and what we have experienced. I once attended an event at NJ’s McCarter Theater where several playwrights were asked to write pieces on the subject of “home.” Joyce Carol Oates was one of the playwrights there. Later on, in an engaging audience discussion, Oates asked, “How many of you lived in homes that felt like real homes when you were young?” She was talking about a home where you felt nurtured and that had warmth, love and security. There was a relatively small show of hands.

 

Then she asked, “How many of you have created homes in your adult lives that feel like ‘home’ to you now?” Many more people raised their hands. Rosie might not have had the kind of “home” that felt like a real “home” after her mother died, but she created the kind of home that felt like a “real home” as an adult. And, after her separation from Kelly, she is now creating another kind of home for her family with, it seems, much deeper self-wisdom.

 

What Stories Are You Carrying Around that Define Your Life?

 

So I began wondering how many of us are holding on to old stories of the past. What stories about your own life are floating around in your heart, mind and subconscious? Are they stories of lack and loss or are they stories of transformation and abundance? If you check in with those stories, are you telling the truth to yourself and others about your life?

What do your inner stories look like? Are they dark and stormy with just a hint of a new day dawning? Photo by Donna Poler.

Are your inner thoughts calm and serene as two swans swimming happily and peacefully together? Photo by Donna Poler.

Are your inner stories ones that are blossoming into a garden of rich possibilities for expansion, success and great abundance? Photo by Donna Poler.

 

Are you acknowledging all your accomplishments and how far you’ve advanced from where you were? Are you holding on to old grudges and resentments, hoping they will affect those you are angry with when they may only be serving to poison your own heart and thoughts?

Rosie says that as she shares some positive thoughts about life with her children, she is also teaching and reminding herself about what’s important. I bring up these questions with you to also remind myself about the progress that I’ve made in my own life. And I will always be working on shifting my thoughts and transforming my own inner tapes, opening up to hope, faith, trust, prosperity and alignment in service to myself, my life purpose and in service to people and their pets.

 

Are You Holding on to Old Stories about your Pets?

I also wondered too for those of you who have pets, especially those that have been rescued, what kinds of stories you are sharing about your pet. Even though it’s been years since your pet was abandoned, do you still bring up that abandonment? Even though your pet has a home with lots of love and laughter, are you still regarding your pet with some pity for what he or she has gone through a long time ago?

 

If you are, it may be time to reassess the stories you are sharing with yourself and others about your pet. You probably have written an amazing new story and your pet is happy to be living that new life with you. Let go of the past and start to look forward. Your pet will notice when you let go of telling old stories and start living in a more dynamic present.

 

One of my wonderful Tellington TTouch instructors, Kathy Cascade (http://www.spiritdog.com) worked with one of the dogs who was rescued from Michael Vick’s dog fighting ring. His name is Alf and if you go to YouTube, you will see the new story that Kathy and his new guardian have helped him write. To see Alf’s transformation, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwcklYDCVMo.

 

A Tellington TTouch student in CA, Linda Troup, is currently working with another dog named Iggy from Michael Vick’s dog fighting ring. Understandably, Iggy has many fear issues. He is in the midst of changing his story. You can read about Linda’s progress on her blog, http://TouchNpaws.blogspot.com. Please send lots of love and prayers for Iggy’s transformation. I know Tellington TTouch will help greatly with that transformation, as it already has for Alf. I’ll be talking more about the wonders of The Tellington TTouch Method in future blog posts.

 

Take an Honest Look at Your Own Inner Stories: Are You Ready for a Shift?

 

What about your inner stories? Is your glass half-empty, half-full or very full? And if you are seeing an empty or half-empty glass, what are you doing to change it? And how are you seeing your pet’s bowl? Is it still empty or half-empty? Or has it long ago been filled with lots of love and light (and delicious food)?

 

After you read this post, if you are someone who has been holding on to old stories about your pet, say a prayer of thanks for your pet coming into your life and being such an awesome teacher. Then give your pet a hug and kiss and shift to a new way of looking at your pet’s life and the life you have created together. There is so much abundance already in merely loving and being loved by your pet.

 

If your dog is currently in a difficult “life story” right now and needs help shifting, I’d highly recommend contacting a Tellington TTouch practitioner in your area to work with your pet. You can go to http://www.ttouch.com. And if you would like to shift some of your old stories and negative inner tapes, check out Anita and Lorraine’s “Aligning with Destiny” Program at http://www.aligningwithdestiny.com.

 

An intuitive oracle card reading, tapping into the wisdom that angels, saints, spirit guides and others have for you about your life can also be very helpful in laying the groundwork for some important inner shifts and new ways of looking at your life. You can contact me at [email protected] for an intuitive oracle card reading that we can do over the phone. And if you want to learn more about changing your inner stories and helping your animals feel better physically, mentally and emotionally, sign on to follow my blog so you can be alerted to new posts.

 

Wishing you many blessings and many new wonderful stories of hope, faith, abundance, fulfillment and lots of miracles and dreams come true,

 

Donna

 

Alternative Health Consultant for People and their Pets

Certified Tellington TTouch Practitioner

Certified Reiki Master

Animal Communicator

Angel Energy Lightworker

Intuitive Oracle Card Reader

Writer and Author of soon to be released E-book, “100 Plus Tips for Maintaining a Happy and Healthy Dog”

 

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Comments

[Karen]

So uplifting, Donna, just when I needed the shift...with gratitude and love, Karen

[Maria Triano]

do you find more and more stories come up as you shift others?

and thank you ever soooo much for sending that info on The Journey...whoa!!!! totally transforming stuff; mike & I might be going to one of their workshops in May...i'm being Called!!!

continue blessings,
maria

[Donna Poler]

You are so welcome, Karen. Aren't positive shifts like precious gifts? Wishing you continued, positive, uplifting shifts from fear to faith, from doubt to certainty and from worry to clarity and confidence. Love, Donna

[Donna Poler]

Hi Maria,

Yes, sometimes other stories do come up, kind of like peeling an onion and getting down to some core beliefs that underlie all those stories. It's the work we all have to continuously do to keep transforming and moving forward or else we get stuck in some old stories. Indeed, if you feel stuck in some way in your life, a good idea is to check in on the stories you are telling yourself about that issue and see if you can shift them.

You are so welcome about the info on The Journey. I also feel called to take one of The Journey workshops too. The Journey also deals with stories and beliefs that can hold people back and that can contribute to illness.

Wishing you lots of love and light on your "Journey" Mystical Maria,

Donna

[Christyl]

Wonderful post, Donna.I have a lot of stories and thankfully I am rewriting many of them now.I am sure this will be a life long process!
Love, Christyl

[Donna Poler]

Thank you so much Christyl. We all have a lot of stories. That's wonderful that you are re-writing many of them. It is an ongoing process for us all. I think, though, the more you re-write, the easier it gets to shift to the positive and see the glass as full (or "half-full" as Rosie would say).

Since I know you love butterflies, perhaps that can be your personal symbol of transforming some stories stuck in cocoons waiting to emerge as new, beautiful butterfly stories.

Love,

Donna

[Linda T]

I, too, had old stories I used to tell and relate to. They are gone now as I realized many years ago that the person in those stories is unrecognizable to me now. I no longer even know that person but at the same time I honor and respect the path that has led me to where I am today. I like me! I wouldn't be the "me" I am today without having been the "me" I was. Like most people there are things I would do differently if given a chance. But there is no point on dwelling on what could have been done differently and even so I don't know that I would actually have made changes if it meant not crossing paths with those near and dear to me today.

Yes, we all have old stories that helped create who we are, good or bad.

[Donna El Haber]

Hi Linda,

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. I think you have a wonderful way of looking at your "old stories" and for honoring them as stepping stones to where they have led you today. In a way, by honoring those stories, you are also honoring lessons you learned along the way and also the divine timing and the divine plan of your life. Thank you again for sharing so eloquently about the significance of your stories, both the old and new ones. May all your new stories be ones that will continue to enrich your life and the lives of others, both two and four-legged. :-)

Love and blessings,

Donna